Though NoSQL originally developed as a flexible and agile alternative to relational database systems, non-relational databases haven’t yet gained wide acceptability in the large enterprise segment.

In a conversation last year, Justin Sheehy, CTO of Basho, described NoSQL as a movement, rather than a technology. This description immediately felt right; I've never been comfortable talking about ...

Drawn to Scale, the makers of the proprietary “relational-like” distributed database Spire, announced today that it has raised $925,000 in seed funding from RTP Ventures, a new $750 million fund, IA ...

Most commentators agree that “NoSQL” is a poor description for the new breed of non-relational databases that have arisen over the past 5 years. NoSQL describes what these databases remove rather than ...

A database that maintains a set of separate, related files (tables), but combines data elements from the files for queries and reports when required. The concept was developed in 1970 by Edgar Codd, ...

The road to SQL started with Dr. E.F. Codd’s paper, “A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks“, published in Communications of the ACM in June 1970. His colleagues at IBM, Donald ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Over the past few years, NoSQL databases have received a ...

Databases power most websites and applications. They provide a place where information can be stored, managed, and retrieved when needed. Traditionally, relational databases have organized data in a ...

MongoDB Inc. (NASDAQ:MDB) is one of the best large-cap tech stocks to buy now. Although MongoDB’s core strength as a modern, document-based database and cloud data platform is still intact, it has ...